I've got a tricky one. My company uses a Cisco IP phone system. We have a phone in our despatch office but the supervisors don't spend a lot of time in the office and it's a struggle to get in touch with them. We have tried radio, mobile and dect phones but due to the thick insulated chiller walls and fans we either can't get good reception or can't hear people. The solution seems to be a loud ringer for the phone that can be heard in the chiller prompting the supervisor to return to the office. Does anyone know of a product that will do this or a different solution for my problem as I am all out of ideas.

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When we put our Inter-Tel system in we had to dedicate a phone to serve as the Night Service bell, which involved cutting the wires to the speaker and patching them to the paging system, which is all Valcom.

If you have WLAN there then you can give them iPhones (or android smartphones) with Jabber. Once they get the call on Jabber they can come back to the desk and pick a call on desk phone (without losing the call). Or you can try and use Plantronics head-sets if environment allows you to have a stable Bluetooth connectivity.